Destructors in OOP

Destructors in OOP — a practical guide to PHP destructor with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Destructors are less common in PHP web apps (request lifecycle is short), but useful for closing resources in long-running CLI processes.

Destructor

class FileLogger {
    public function __destruct() {
        // close handles / flush buffers
    }
}